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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Barcelona beat Celtic in Scotland and holds the maximum points in the group stage of the Champions League. Lionel Messi , accused of doping on Tuesday, did not have his best performance while awaiting the birth of his first son , Thiago.

The Blaugrana , who came to put two wins ( Spartak Moscow and Benfica ), was surprised the 18 minutes a ball stop by Greek Samaras cabeceada that deflected off Javier Mascherano before touching the arc piolines Victor Valdes.

In the 45th minute , when it looked like the Scottish lock work perfectly until the break,Lionel Messi led a fine team move in attack and after several touches, Andres Iniesta ruled with remarkable hierarchy within the area to achieve the 1-1 .

When it seemed that Celtic took a big prize to Scotland based on sacrifice and solid defense, failed in the last ball and Jordi Alba surprise appeared to mark the triumph Catalan.

Manchester United , with Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie in court, but with the figure of Mexican Javier Hernandez in the field, beat Braga 3-2 in the "Theatre of Dreams" to be on the verge of the knockout end.

The "Red Devils", who share the Group H with Cluj , Portugal's Braga and Galatasaray, trailed by two goals in the first 20 minutes of the game by a brace from Alan , but the Mexican Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez managed the discount and, after Jonny Evans equality, scored the winning goal in the 75th minute.

The current champion of the competition, Chelsea , who leads the English Premier League trio's hand made ​​by the Spanish striker Juan Mata, Oscar Brazilian and Belgian Eden Hazard, lost 2-1 on their last visit to the Stadium of Shaktar Donetsk and left the leadership of the key and at the hands of the Ukrainian team.

In the other match of the group, Juventus , leader in Italy who beat Napoli (2-0) last weekend, got a poor equal 1-1 in field of Nordsjaelland Danish. La Vecchia Signorasum three draws in this year's Champions and sees risk classification.

The BATE Borisov, who came sole leader of Group F, lost at home 3-0 to Valencia. And Bayern Munich , with eight wins from eight matches in the Bundesliga , away to Lille defeated France 1-0 . Thomas Muller scored the only goal from the penalty spot.

Earlier, the Spartak Moscow won 2-1 at Benfica . The Russian team's goals were scored by Carioca and Jardel . Lima scored for lusos.